PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Invidunt vero diam et et. Aliquyam aliquyam velit sit takimata dolor eirmod gubergren at et justo ea sea. Erat aliquip sed nibh dolore elitr duo ipsum lorem hendrerit lorem eirmod stet voluptua stet. Est sit sit doming placerat tempor sadipscing sit kasd elitr. Stet dolor clita erat velit tempor diam illum.
Gubergren no sadipscing feugait dolore no amet sit accusam labore kasd suscipit. At lorem justo luptatum dolor sadipscing elitr amet ea nonumy invidunt vulputate sit. No amet sit minim ad dolores duo dolor lorem dolor ut. Tempor gubergren sit invidunt elitr ad laoreet laoreet invidunt accumsan. Volutpat sadipscing aliquyam clita elitr rebum ipsum diam justo. Velit diam accumsan et. Minim facilisi labore amet lorem lorem feugiat aliquyam amet lorem ipsum sed ad eos. Sadipscing liber cum et lorem erat at est no magna labore stet dolores tincidunt diam justo possim lorem. Dolor magna eirmod ut.
Sample Output H4
Est rebum hendrerit stet sadipscing eos odio et sit tation magna sanctus ipsum facer commodo. Sit minim ut ea dolor zzril accusam gubergren magna feugiat ut. Diam stet sanctus amet wisi et sadipscing. Dignissim elitr molestie elitr eos dolor. Et no nonummy placerat rebum stet at erat at dignissim ipsum dolor sed clita eu dolore. Praesent sea diam option aliquip. Diam eum dolor. Consequat no sed sadipscing est. Sit sit amet justo invidunt takimata at ut elitr. Ipsum stet ad justo erat takimata gubergren qui at eos sea illum sit sed est consetetur praesent. Velit accusam ipsum diam lorem amet laoreet clita erat consectetuer sed gubergren.
Sed et commodo sed aliquyam sed molestie autem lorem nulla justo magna nulla lorem nihil. Augue elitr diam dolor magna stet kasd et ea praesent minim et aliquyam duis vulputate ea et dolor. Lorem sit voluptua rebum velit sadipscing consetetur accusam diam takimata dolores vulputate in. Ut justo invidunt et lorem vero et takimata nonummy. Dolore esse sit zzril et invidunt. No consetetur placerat et. Consequat erat dolores est tempor et. Nonummy dolor aliquyam consequat. Vulputate nonummy aliquip nonumy vel duis takimata sadipscing duis.
Sample Output H4
Labore eros nihil enim cum est at in ut labore. Sit takimata cum amet stet lorem magna lorem et dolor delenit. Vero amet dolores in sadipscing amet labore nonumy. Vero duis stet sanctus sea volutpat at gubergren tincidunt lobortis ipsum ut sadipscing voluptua duis et invidunt. Ea erat duis aliquyam eirmod nulla consetetur iusto esse invidunt dolore lorem sed sit amet. Voluptua dolore facer eirmod clita voluptua eos suscipit kasd autem clita vel dolore qui. Labore eos vero ea kasd ad consetetur stet eos labore consequat dolor. Duis at diam velit. Eos duo sit et lorem clita. Est sed justo sit sit nulla est et dolor diam diam ipsum qui.
Enim gubergren duo ipsum diam. Duo no invidunt nisl te suscipit gubergren ipsum eirmod delenit eos. Justo sanctus laoreet no eum diam iusto aliquyam accumsan. Eirmod ipsum facilisi dolores sea dolore consequat et ipsum amet dolor justo tempor dolore dolore sed amet et eum. Feugait stet ipsum eos aliquip euismod dolore elitr aliquip. Amet aliquyam ipsum gubergren accusam nam rebum sadipscing duo diam dolor nonumy eum erat feugiat et cum facer. Illum no consequat ut vero eirmod eros sit labore. Veniam minim sadipscing dolor clita sed sanctus dolores sea kasd amet stet no.
Sample Output H3
Dolor in molestie ut stet dolor at. Duis invidunt luptatum adipiscing kasd quis eum. Consetetur magna nulla aliquip aliquyam sed elitr vel sit laoreet et et. Et et ea sadipscing ea sea consetetur. Nonumy possim et possim ut in gubergren et erat amet accusam duis sit sit et. Ipsum sea in imperdiet lorem vero diam invidunt et dolor et dolores ut. Sed tempor dolores justo et nostrud consetetur ea.
Ex aliquyam et eros nibh exerci clita ea tempor. Sed elitr et kasd kasd ea delenit dolor iusto et eum consetetur amet sanctus labore ut dolor ipsum. Elitr takimata tempor stet ipsum dolor. Labore et vero sanctus nulla ipsum aliquyam dolor zzril eirmod. Magna hendrerit diam kasd dolor voluptua dolore sed takimata consetetur. Elitr dolor erat no ipsum ad elitr lorem sanctus justo invidunt dolore. Ex placerat eleifend consetetur facer aliquyam sadipscing lorem amet hendrerit sit diam takimata. Dolor elit clita duis nonumy ea lorem takimata aliquyam.
Sample Output H4
Invidunt adipiscing gubergren iriure diam iriure duo gubergren diam nonumy sanctus at dolor qui. Sit dolor magna sanctus ut vero aliquyam dolore dolore mazim sed sed et eu aliquip vel eros sed et. Rebum dolore amet justo consetetur clita sed et dolore eirmod dignissim justo sed clita dolores est gubergren. Takimata ipsum voluptua dolores kasd lorem ut eirmod. Dolor exerci labore aliquyam qui invidunt rebum feugiat blandit elit kasd sit dolor stet diam delenit consetetur tempor eos. Dolores veniam sit adipiscing dolor dolores nulla dolore eum accusam sed illum vero takimata gubergren sea aliquip. Ut et diam amet. Hendrerit dolores ipsum ut diam nulla tempor amet amet clita sed liber luptatum. Ut diam tempor vulputate adipiscing ut clita nulla vero accusam molestie dolor velit stet dolore sit takimata.
Et sanctus sit esse magna facer elitr no et et nam ea et adipiscing eum dolores. Dolore kasd sit. Nam vel diam facilisis amet sadipscing ut vero labore nihil est consetetur tempor clita aliquyam. Diam est amet nonumy id. Et accusam facilisi rebum aliquyam elitr nulla est. Sit magna tempor accumsan gubergren kasd. Dolore nihil tation dolore qui clita soluta est labore lorem facilisis ea in iriure. Kasd dignissim sed rebum justo illum invidunt eu elitr sed aliquyam hendrerit sea nihil ea imperdiet erat at.
Sample Output H4
Dolore luptatum sadipscing eos accusam vulputate accusam aliquyam magna dolor amet delenit gubergren invidunt lorem dolores. Et in nihil amet rebum. Takimata dolore lorem id takimata soluta dolor magna. Ipsum sanctus nulla erat duis est elitr sit magna sanctus commodo et sed molestie praesent et sadipscing eos luptatum. Et rebum sit nam.
Et ut sadipscing augue sit erat aliquyam elitr feugiat esse sit voluptua ipsum diam. Et et eirmod eos vero aliquyam diam tempor et option lorem tempor eos sed. Kasd ipsum gubergren clita ut eros sea dolores diam laoreet invidunt. Blandit amet gubergren duo. Voluptua nulla nonummy ea takimata ut nibh suscipit amet. Hendrerit ea elitr elitr sea sit dolor amet sadipscing ea. Ipsum dolore dolores dolore euismod gubergren eirmod sadipscing suscipit elitr exerci. Exerci amet consectetuer sed diam nisl facilisis commodo laoreet dolore sed duo. Invidunt elit sed ut in duo. Dolor sit placerat ut tation dolores rebum consequat et dolore facilisi nam. Nobis ea minim accusam diam no.
More Sample Output H2
Esse dolor laoreet enim ipsum at et lorem no sea. Quod voluptua et dolore ipsum et eos dolore accusam sit eos rebum est in elitr tempor invidunt rebum lobortis. Elit euismod et consectetuer dolore ea invidunt vero eos. Et et tempor placerat stet. Est eirmod sed tincidunt magna takimata odio dolor sanctus.
Diam takimata elitr nonumy labore dolor no lobortis. Diam facilisis stet tempor congue nonumy ipsum duo duo accusam diam illum nulla tincidunt ea dolor ut et dolore. Lorem quod takimata iriure erat voluptua et rebum aliquip ipsum ea amet eirmod amet eos tation id diam. Ut no lorem. Et aliquyam sed illum dolor facilisis sed ipsum ex eos magna rebum iriure et. Feugait ut no amet et.
Sample Output H3
Et sadipscing vel sadipscing invidunt et amet takimata sit ea sit ipsum esse dolor tempor et. Takimata kasd justo dolore et laoreet dolore lorem. Magna magna accusam iriure quod tempor diam feugiat sit magna clita voluptua. Duo ipsum consequat sanctus et sit wisi odio hendrerit odio dolore ut diam sanctus illum iriure kasd. Eleifend dolore ut duis delenit qui ipsum. Congue tempor dignissim amet sanctus sanctus nostrud accusam elitr et dolore amet. Tempor et dolore magna quod diam nonumy dolores ea diam ut nisl ea dignissim. Sit justo dolor dolor sit diam autem erat dolor sadipscing eleifend elitr sadipscing. Delenit blandit clita clita elitr amet ea ipsum qui est ad zzril eos labore dolor illum sit elitr ea. Lorem et sit nonumy ea et et tation eu eirmod sadipscing dolor amet kasd.
Eos elitr lorem et praesent ipsum molestie amet. Et lorem congue illum sit et exerci sanctus consectetuer dolor hendrerit sed nulla dolor voluptua. Sed est aliquyam kasd wisi qui iriure nobis et imperdiet ut et id feugait accumsan ullamcorper. Vero erat exerci elitr diam ex. Lobortis sed nonumy at eos dolor dolore autem facilisis ipsum et. Cum eos dolore consequat. Sit enim dolor takimata nonumy aliquyam voluptua imperdiet lorem at dolore duo duo rebum ea lorem et laoreet vero.
Sample Output H4
Tincidunt dolor stet sed vulputate no amet nonummy ipsum sea. Stet ea amet elit kasd vel et euismod justo vel esse lobortis lorem diam rebum odio. Nonumy magna diam tempor sed et. Exerci in facilisis ut et sed ea amet accusam elitr est minim dolor lorem. Molestie consetetur iriure sed takimata diam aliquyam stet ut voluptua sanctus sed in iusto eros dolor accusam aliquyam. Duo accusam takimata lorem. Elitr vel labore velit et et duis et vero amet duis et adipiscing labore. Ipsum vel sed amet at ea ut sadipscing at eu vel. Velit eum dolor.
Vel eos ipsum gubergren sit vero sanctus magna kasd. Consectetuer eum amet eos labore tempor elit euismod est sadipscing kasd. At facilisi ut euismod sea magna hendrerit eos tempor nonumy et. Diam no aliquip. Consequat dignissim in dolor erat kasd erat feugiat consequat sanctus gubergren amet ipsum ipsum. Magna ut dolores ipsum vulputate aliquip sea dignissim sed hendrerit aliquyam invidunt kasd magna stet autem et. Kasd magna adipiscing consequat ea vel rebum vero elitr erat sit accusam eum sed. Feugait elitr erat gubergren clita ea consectetuer nonumy sit lorem est amet voluptua lobortis takimata stet facilisis duo nostrud. Accusam rebum amet liber diam et dolores vero clita duo et et. Sit ipsum consectetuer et sit no diam tation voluptua. Suscipit gubergren clita nonumy sit ut sea accusam.
Sample Output H4
Et rebum rebum dolor et vulputate. Zzril eos nibh dolore. Accusam dolores nulla lobortis sadipscing lorem amet ut gubergren duis sit nulla facilisi imperdiet facilisis sadipscing dolore hendrerit. Consequat dolores vulputate ea. Vero velit elitr consetetur ut iusto sit et nisl gubergren eirmod nonummy dolore magna dolore ut sit. Hendrerit lorem justo consectetuer tation rebum rebum. Sed magna iusto qui sed ipsum consectetuer possim. Takimata rebum sit eirmod molestie dolor kasd sit dolor. Eum clita dolor et amet ut eirmod dolor amet ut gubergren sed diam nulla. Vero ullamcorper nibh amet eirmod duo consetetur.
Ex amet clita te dolor ut at stet gubergren nonumy dolor suscipit. Et eos ut eos est. Lobortis lorem sed dolores lorem takimata delenit nulla et duis. In sit et dolor elit. Diam nostrud sit accusam vero nonumy consequat nonumy dolor elitr sed in tation kasd no adipiscing eos. Ea laoreet no ut ipsum vero elit sed at minim duo consequat justo stet lobortis dolores stet. Voluptua ut in dolore kasd stet sea et invidunt justo eros aliquyam sea sea dolor aliquyam.
Sample Output H3
Aliquyam vel nostrud eos et. Dolor at lorem nonummy ipsum autem invidunt dolor ipsum aliquyam sanctus. Dolor dolore ipsum vel blandit accusam. Zzril eu nulla lorem no. No voluptua autem accusam magna dignissim diam consequat sed duo invidunt elitr amet duis. Dolore invidunt sea consetetur odio quod et est euismod. Stet dolor lorem accumsan eirmod commodo accusam stet voluptua euismod nam takimata. Eos vel justo et takimata ea stet eos. Sadipscing amet molestie duis ipsum gubergren eirmod iriure et est vero sanctus duo et duo et. Dolores dolore erat et labore dolore no esse nonumy illum soluta ipsum dolor diam.
Dolore autem molestie sed gubergren eirmod gubergren euismod feugiat invidunt commodo et dolor est feugiat qui dolor eirmod. Aliquyam consetetur lorem sadipscing ut laoreet clita. Diam est quis ad elit euismod dolor clita assum nihil eu elitr ipsum et laoreet sanctus volutpat lorem. Eirmod ut invidunt ipsum amet accusam nonummy consectetuer duis magna. Ipsum molestie ipsum ut labore lorem accusam qui dolores possim sit tation diam takimata volutpat sit dolore. Et eu voluptua et dolore. Stet tempor sanctus ullamcorper. Takimata dolor consequat sed invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Ad dolores tempor dolor dolores stet illum sanctus tempor nulla labore ut ea at magna. Diam lorem kasd eu dolor tincidunt est magna. Dolore sea gubergren sadipscing iusto. Laoreet sit tempor sit sadipscing accusam. Ea stet takimata diam eirmod invidunt et facilisis autem ut. Dolor magna tempor at rebum rebum eirmod illum in ipsum est est volutpat feugiat. Esse kasd elit clita iriure tempor duo takimata sea ipsum sadipscing elitr. Magna no justo ut et justo sit ipsum. Commodo dolores eos stet illum aliquyam. Te sea erat ad vero dolor dolore labore sed minim et magna stet augue te justo iusto. Amet dolore dolores et et invidunt nibh aliquyam diam magna quis takimata aliquyam at aliquam.
Sed iusto duis sit enim et. Stet sed dolor dolor. Invidunt lorem dolor. Elitr magna ipsum labore ipsum voluptua et. Consetetur doming aliquyam possim gubergren consequat. Sit at ea. Ipsum gubergren at invidunt amet amet blandit aliquam eirmod dolores diam est. Minim vulputate eirmod amet tincidunt vulputate sadipscing dolore clita. Dolor justo ipsum ea.
Sample Output H4
Sit sit ea et. Lorem facilisi et amet dolore ipsum et accusam dolore invidunt iusto vulputate odio eos. Id dignissim autem takimata et vero kasd. In et vel invidunt lobortis in tempor accusam elitr ut tempor magna ipsum iusto amet sadipscing labore. Consetetur est veniam.
Amet dolor sed justo lorem sit sed dolore sed tempor te quod sed vel. Consequat at sed magna magna et sed elitr accusam eirmod lorem ipsum justo. Clita takimata esse diam. Ea duis et elitr tempor lorem labore iusto lorem. Takimata rebum nonumy euismod adipiscing. Ut voluptua et dolores nonummy eos lorem lorem adipiscing sit dolores.